Quy Chau Forest Ranger District Chief Uses Blue License Plate Car to Transport Illegal Timber
(Baonghean.vn) - At around 5:30 p.m. on August 3, at the intersection of Do Luong Town, Do Luong District Police discovered a black pickup truck with a blue license plate, number 37A-1343, carrying nearly 1 cubic meter of wood.
At the time of the police inspection, the subjects sitting in the car, including driver Nguyen Duc Thuan from Do Luong and Mr. Thai Ngo Cuong - Head of the Quy Chau Forest Ranger Department, did not have any documents to present about the origin of the wood on the car. Immediately after that, the car carrying the illegal wood was temporarily detained at the Do Luong District Police. At noon on August 4, the car was transferred to the PCCCR Mobile Ranger Team No. 2 for processing. According to the source, the wood was transported by Mr. Thai Ngo Cuong - Head of the Quy Chau Forest Ranger Department to build a house. Witnessing it with our own eyes, we saw that the wood was all cut into pieces, each piece was about 1 meter long, hidden behind the pickup truck compartment, covered with a blanket on top.
The green-plate "forest protection" car used by the Chief of the Quy Chau Forestry Department to transport illegal timber
Mr. Le Dinh Son - Captain of the PCCCR Mobile Ranger Team No. 2 said: In the immediate future, we will seriously handle the case according to the police records provided, and ask for instructions from the Nghe An Provincial Forest Ranger Department to handle it in accordance with the law.
It is known that the file on the case of the forest ranger vehicle carrying illegal timber seized by the Do Luong district police has been completed and sent to the Captain of the PCCCR Mobile Forest Ranger Team No. 2 for coordination in handling. However, it was very surprising when Mr. Tai - Head of the Do Luong district police said: It is true that the vehicle was seized, but we do not know whose it is, we are verifying, now there are many vehicles with fake license plates. We have not measured the wood, and it is not yet determined whether this wood is legal or illegal. At the time of inspection, there were no papers, people are presenting papers, we are waiting to verify that. If it is not a forest ranger vehicle, it is also a loss, because usually the smugglers have dozens of license plates on the vehicle.
It can be said that after the incident of “overturning the illegal timber truck, exposing the forest rangers” in Pu Huong Nature Reserve, many forests in Nghe An are still being cut down, and trucks carrying illegal timber still brazenly pass through many checkpoints. Now, with another Forest Ranger Chief sitting comfortably in a “forest guard” vehicle to transport illegal timber, how rampant will the illegal loggers be in the area?
To clarify this incident, it is recommended that the relevant authorities conduct an extensive investigation, verify the origin of the illegal timber and the subjects transporting the illegal timber to strictly handle them before the law.
Reporter team
